Reel



C. D. GATE.

REEL.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.29, 1920.

Patented Aug 8 1922.

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CHARLES ID. GATE, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 El. DWIGHT FISK, 0F SYRACUSE, NEW YQRK.

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Specification of Letters Iatent.

Applicationfiled December 29, 1920. Serial No. 433,77'6.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Ci-IAnLiis Di GATE, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the vState of New Yorln have invented new and useful Improvements in Reels, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in reels for sheet metal tape which is usually furnished in tightly wound coils of predetermined length bound together bywires to hold the convolutions againstexpanding. 1

These tapes are fed from the reel into a suitable metal. stamping machine where they are cut into rather small pieces for various articles of manufacture and the main object of my present invention is to permit bound coils of various widths to be easily and quickly inserted in the reel of supporting frame and properly held in place preparatory to cutting the bonds and feeding the tape into the metal stamping machine without liability of displacing the several convolutions axially one from the other, thus permitting the reel to be properly alined with the machine to assure the direct and free feed of the tape thereto.

Another object is to nrovide simple and efficient means whereby the reel supporting frame may be adjusted to receive different widths of coiled tape. v

A further object is to provide means for limiting the circumferential distension or expansion of the coil after the bonds are cut with the tape coil in its-supporting frame.

Other objects and uses relating to specific parts of the device will be brought out in the following description.

In the drawings l igure 1 is a front face view of a sheet metal tape reel embodying the various features of my invention except that the sup port for the reel supporting frame is omitted.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical sec tional view of the same reel taken on line 22 Figure 1, the support being shown by dotted lines as partly broken away.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken on line 3-3 Figure 1.

As illustrated this reel comprises arelatively stationary main supportin qframe 1,

relatively movable frame .2-, a rotary tape supporting drum -3-, a supporting spindle efor the drum, stops --5-- on the main frame for limitin the expansion of the coiled tape as A and suitable means for adj usting the movable frame 2- relatively to the main supporting frame 1 for receiving drums 3 and tapes A of different widths.

The main supporting frame 1 consists of a pair of bars -6 and -7- crossing each other atsubstantially right anglesmidway between their'ends and preferably recessed or .halvedone into the other at their crossings where they are rigidly'secured together by gluing or any other fastening means.

A circular disk -8 of greater diameter than "the normal diameter of the tape coil A is'rigidly secured by screws -9- orother fastening means to the inner or front face of the bars -6- and 7 and constitutes a part of the main supporting frame -l-.-which in this instance is disposed in a vertical plane.

The center of the disk 8- is substantially co-incident with the centers of the crossing portions of the bars 6 and -7 which together with the said disk are provided with a journal opening -l0 for the reception of the drum supporting spindle --et. The frames 1'- and 2 and also the drum 3- are preferably made of wood for economy of n'ianufacturing although it is evident that they may be made of any other suitable material and that the cross bars 6- and -7- and disk 8 may be made in one piece if desired.

A metal plate .1l is centrally secured to the back of the frame land is provided with a threaded hub 12 to which may be attached an upright supporting standard -l.3-,shown by dotted lines in Figure --2 said standard having a base -1 ladapted to rest upon the floor or other support to hold the reel in proper alinement with themachine to which the metal tape is to be fed. j

The horizontal cross bar 6 is. prefer= ably of substantially the same length as the diameter of the disl; -8- while the vertical bar -7- extends some distance below and above the adjacent edges of the disk to receive and support portions of the adjusting and holding means for the movable frame 2- as will here-in-after be more frilly described.

The lower end of the bar"'7- is rein forced by metal wearing plates 15 secured to opposite sides thereof and together with said plates is provided with atran'sverse journal bearing 7 and parallel guide opening 19-;for receiving the adj acent end of an adjusting screw 18- and apair of. guide pins -19 at opposite sides of the adjusting screw as shown in Figure The movable frame -2 preferably consists of a horizontal bar -16. and a vertical :bar -17 crossing each other substantially midway between their ends at right angles to each other and like the bar 6 i and 7-- are recessed or halved one into frame- -2'- being substantially co-incident with the axis of the disk '8 and is provided on its inner face with a central recess -4- for receiving the head of :the pivotailbolt l'- as shown inFigure --2--.

The lower end "of the upright bar 17 of the movable frame is reinforced by a metal plate -20 which forms one of the sections of a hinge 2l, the other section of which is secured to a nut --22 which is engaged by the screw -18, the hinge 21 serving as a means by which the frame "'2 may be rocked toward and from the frame '1-' while the screw 1'8 serves as a means for adjusting the frame 2- toward and from the frame -1,"said screw being arranged in a horizontal position at the bottom of the reel where it is easily accessible for adjustment and has its rear end journaled in the lower end of the bar 7 and held against endwise movement by shoulders 23- and v The guide pins -19 are secured to the nut 22 at opposite sides of the screw -18 and extends through the guide openings '-19 in the lower end of the bar to support the nut and to assist in guiding the frame 2' in its movement t0- ward and from the frame '1 and also to hold said frame 2- against lateral rocking movement. A spring catch -25 is i secured at one end "to the upper end of the bar 7 of the main frame 1 and extends forward over the top of the bar l7- of the movable frame -2- where it is provided with a' series of apertures -'26- for receiving a locking pin 27 on the upper end of the bar 17 to hold the frame '2 in its various positions of adjustment when the reel is adjusted for use.

The tape coil A is generally wound in such a manner as to form a central opening for the reception of a drum as 3 which is adapted to fit easily within the said opening even when the coil is bound bytie wires the frame 1- so that it may be readily removed when the movable frame -2 is unlocked and rocked forward toward the position shown by dotted lines in Figure The stops 5 are arranged circumferentially around and upon the front face of the disk 8 in equally space relation and preferably consists of .rollers for limiting the outward expansion or extension-of the tape coil A when the bonds (1. are cut and also afford-ing anti-friction bearings for the tape as it is withdrawn from the reel against one'or the other of the stops as shown by dotted lines in Figure --1.

Operation.

In the operation of my device the drum as 3 having a face width, corresponding to the width of the tape to be reeled is placed in operative positiomcoaxial with and against the front face of the-disk 8.

and the pin 4 is then inserted in the opening 10 to hold the drum. inplace it being understood that during this operation the movable frame 2- is rocked forwardly toward the dotted position or sufficiently to permit the placing of the drum and pin and that the frame 2 has been adjusted by means of the screw 18and catch 25- to form an intervening'opening or space between the two frames corresponding to the thickness of the drum or width of the tape.

The tape coil with the bonds a still in operative positions thereon are then placedover and upon the periphery of the drum -3 and against *the'f'ront face of the disk --8 whereupon the frame -'2 is closed and locked in place by the=catch25- to confine the c'oil on the drum between the two framesafter which the bonds a may he cut to allow the coil to expand against the stops -5'-- and permit the free end of the coil to be drawn into the machine which is to operate upon the tape.

If another tape of widely different width is to be used, a different drum 3- of corresponding width would be selected to support the coil while the frame 2- would be adjusted by means of the screw -18 and the catch 25- to correspond to the,

width of the drum and tape.

By extending the head of the bolt -4linto the socket -16 of the frame -2 it enables the bolt to be supported at both ends to carry the weight of the drum -3 and tape coil thereon.

The device described not only expedites the work of installing the tape coils in the reel-frame before cutting the bond but also assures the retention of the convolutions of the coil within operation limits after the bonds have been released all of which greatly increases the output of work by avoiding the usual delays in replacing the coils in the reel.

What I claim is:

1. In a device for holding coiled material, the combination of a main frame, a coil-supporting drum rotatably mounted on said frame wholly within the marginal edges thereof, a spindle journaled at one end in said frame beyond the periphery of the drum and having its other end threaded and extended across said periphery, a nut engaged with the threaded end of the spindle for axial adjustment thereon, a movable frame hinged to said nut for axial and tilting adjustment toward and from the main frame, and a catch for locking and releasing the movable frame in and from its closed position.

2. In a device for holding coiled material, the combination of a main frame, a coil-supporting drum rotatably mounted on said frame wholly within the marginal edges thereof, a spindle journaled at one end in said frame at one side of the drum and parallel with the axis thereof and having its other end threaded, a nut engaged with said threaded end for axial adjustment thereon, a movable frame hinged to said nut to move axially and to tilt toward and from the main frame, and catch means on said frames at the opposite side of the drum for locking and releasing the movable frame in and from its closed posit-ion.

A reel comprising a relatively s ationary main supporting frame, a screw spindle journaled in said frame, a nut engaged with the screw for adjustment lengthwise thereof as the screw is turned, a relatively movable frame hinged to the nut to swing toward and from the main frame, means for holding the movable frame in its adjusted position, and means for supporting a tape coil between the frames.

4;. in a device for holding coiled material, the combination of a main frame having means on one side for attachment to a support and its opposite side provided with a flat bearing face for alining the edges of a coil, a drum rotatably mounted on the frame adjacent said bearing face and wholly within the marginal edges thereof, stop pins projecting from said bearing face across the periphery of the drum in radially spaced relation thereto, a spindle j ournaled on the frame at one side of the drum and provided with a threaded end projecting. across the periphery of said drum, a nut engaged with said threaded end for axial adjustment thereon, and a movable frame hinged to said nut for tilting and axial movement relatively thereto and toward and from the main frame, and means at the opposite side of the drum for locking and releasing the movable frame in and from its closed position.

5. In a device for holding coiled material, a main frame composed of bars crossing each other at right angles, and a circular plate secured to the inner faces of said bars to form a baclr-rest for the adjacent edges of the coil, in combination with a coil-supporting drum concentric with the circular plate and adjacent the inner face thereof, stop pins projecting from the circular plate across the periphery of the drum in spaced relation thereto and in uniformly spaced relation circumferentially, a threaded spindle journaled in the outer end of one of said bars and ex; tending across the peripheries of the said circular plate and drum, a nut engaged with the threaded portion of the spindle, a supplemental frame hinged to the nut for tilting movement toward and from the first named frame, and catch means between said frames for holding the movable frame in its operative position across the outer end of the drum.

6. In a device for holding coiled material, a pair of normally coaxial frames movable axially one in relation to the other, a spindle coaxial with said frames and having one end enlarged and seated in a corresponding socket in the inner face of the movable frame and its other end extended loosely through an opening in the relatively stationary frame, means for adjustably supporting the movable frame in a plane parallel to but apart from that of the main frame, a drum j ournaled on the spindle between the frames for supporting the coil, and stop pins projecting from the main frame across the peripheiy of the drum in spaced relation there to and in uniformly spaced relation circumferentially thereof.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of December, 1920.

CHARLES D. GATE. Witness:

H. E. Cruise 

